Murray broke in the third game and that was enough to take the first set 6-4 while another early break in the second set saw him on the way to a 6-1 victory.

Andy Murray will face Novak Djokovic in the last eight of the Sony Open in Miami after a convincing win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

It will be the first time the two have faced each other since Murray's historic Wimbledon final win last summer and follows one of the Dunblane ace's best showings since he returned from back surgery at the turn of the year.

Against Tsonga, he broke in the third game and that was enough to take the first set 6-4 but there was a scare when he called for the trainer, although he didn't receive any treatment.

In the second set set, he upped his game, breaking Tsonga to lead 2-1 and then raced away to win6-1.

Afterwards he said he was looking forward to the match against Djokovic. "I think my game is kind of close to where I want it to be right now and he's obviously playing very good tennis again, winning last week and he's been pretty comfortable so far here."

He also said he would be speaking to his medical team about his first set discomfort. "I was still moving well, it was justs painful," said Murray. "I thought I moved pretty well at the end and it loosened up as it went on."

The winner of the Djokovic-Murray match will face either Roger Federer or Japan's Kei Nishikori in the semi-final with a possible title decider against Rafael Nadal looming in the final.

Murray
is defending the crown he won 12 months ago — and therefore defending the 1000 points he won last year. Another Sony Open win would save him from another slip down the rankings.

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A win for Murray over the World No 112 Soeda would see him face a qualifier in round two but should be reach the second week, he could face Roger Federer in the quarter-finals, Rafael Nadal in the semis and Novak Djokovic in the final.